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Drew Lipke

Drew Lipke

Director of Investments

Drew grew up in Little Rock and has owned farmland in central Arkansas since 2014. He joined AcreTrader in 2021 after spending two years as a Managing Director of credit analysis at a large fixed income broker-dealer in Little Rock. Earlier, he spent five years in equity research and seven years in institutional equity sales at Stephens Inc. In 2017, he was voted to Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team Rising Stars for his Aerospace & Defense sector coverage. He holds Series 7, 63, 65, 86, and 87 licenses with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He graduated from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.

Drew grew up in Little Rock and has owned farmland in central Arkansas since 2014. He joined AcreTrader in 2021 after spending two years as a Managing Director of credit analysis at a large fixed income broker-dealer in Little Rock. Earlier, he spent five years in equity research and seven years in institutional equity sales at Stephens Inc. In 2017, he was voted to Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team Rising Stars for his Aerospace & Defense sector coverage. He holds Series 7, 63, 65, 86, and 87 licenses with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He graduated from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.

Articles by Drew Lipke

Market Research

Assessing the Current Almond Market Environment

Market Research

Farmland Prices: Reviewing the Big Picture and Looking Ahead

The USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, released in February 2024, highlights the continual disappearance of farmland in the United States. The...

Farmland Investing

Investor Insights: AcreTrader's Aggregation Advantage in Illinois

AcreTrader successfully closed the sale of an aggregation of four separate offerings in Illinois. These farms were funded in four separate...

AcreTrader 101

What a Broker-Dealer Means for You

AcreTrader Financial, LLC is now operating as a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Here's how that could impact investors and...

AcreTrader 101

AcreTrader Land Investment Categories

Core, Core Plus, and Dynamic are the three primary categories AcreTrader uses to describe land investment opportunities on the AcreTrader...

Market Research

The Case for Alternatives in a Changing Investment Landscape

A review of perspectives from various financial institutions on how to adapt the traditional 60/40 portfolio split for a changing economy.